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As I have stated many times before, I cannot stand raw meat. It just grosses me out. I can handle maximum about 1-2 pounds of raw hamburger, but more than then, it just gets to me…I have no idea why, I just really start to feel a bit woozy. (imagine that)

Well, part of being a parent (mom) with a son on the football team is that we (the moms) volunteer to bring a team meal one time during the season. Last Thursday was my day to help with the meal and our assigned meal was sloppy joes. I didn’t think twice when signing up with a friend. Sloppy Joes…that will be easy!

Then I was told to prepare 10 POUNDS OF HAMBURGER. What?
Oh yea..10 pounds of raw meat that I had to cook. (gag) OH…of course, Jason was out of town.

So, I had to buy 10 pounds of raw hamburger meat. That took courage just to go up to the meat counter and ask for 10 pounds of eat…nonchalantly.  The first thing out of the “butchers” mouth, “What are you needing 10 pounds of meat for?”  The introvert in me HATES that…do not ask me why I need this much meat, just say ok and give it to me!

Anyway, I got 10 pounds of meat..in a TUBE! (ugh!!) Gross.

1. I did not wantoto lay this tube of cow on my other groceries, but I had not other choice.

2. Why didn’t the butcher put the meat in a brown wrap like my other meat?

3. Thank goodness this was the last thing I needed on my grocery list because if I had to do more shopping I wouldn’t. Who wants to push around a cart with a giant tube of raw meat that you cannot hide under a box of frozen pancakes!

4. I actually got the nervous giggles (pretty mature, Katie!) when I was walking down the aisle (by my self) with my huge meat tube.

5. When I got to the check-out the cashier looked at me like I was crazy and said, “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

6. Thank goodness I got myself pulled together and stopped my immature self giggling (and that Jason wasn’t with me to encourage my giggling) and did not make any inappropriate comments about my meat tube. All I said, “Lucky me to be the first person to bring you a 10 pound meat tube.”

7. The bagger touched it, put it in ONE plastic sack (REALLY!!) and then wiped her hands on her pants…ew.

I get my meat tube home and now I have to cook all this meat. SO not looking forward to this. I look at the tube and realize I am going to have to cut it open. I wish I would have take a picture of the blood pools in the tube (you can look back at the first photo and see what I am talking about), but I only have a picture of the blood running in the sink after cutting the first 2 pounds of meat and squeezing it (yes, I had to squeeze it like play dough) from the plastic into the skillet. (Pass out. Done.)

So I took the first two pounds and put it in the skillet. At this point, I text my friend and asked if it was too late to just bring pizzas.

I didn’t by the good stuff, it would have cost me a small fortune, so I got about 85% lean. Talk about popping and squirting fat all over. Gross. After browning the first two pounds, I still had 8 more pounds to go.

It was a long night.

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A few quotes or saying that have made me laugh out loud or say, “So True!”

Happy Fri-YAY!!

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I don’t like to clean…but who does? But, when I find a cleaner that makes me happy because it is easy, meaning that I don’t have to do much scrubbing, then I just have to share!

We have terrible hard water. Not just a few hard water stains, but horrible hard water that leaves stains around the faucets, in the tub and anywhere water can stand. So, our glass shower door is awful!! You should be able to see through the door, but it actually looks frosted due to the hard water stains.

We have tried everything… and I mean everything to get the stains off and then Jason brought home some magic, literally magic in a bottle!

This powerful GEL goes on easily without irritating fumes (unlike spray cleaners). Shower Door Magic cuts through scum and leaves a protective shield that repels water deposits and soap scum reducing the need for daily scrubbing and cleaning. The fresh grapefruit scent leaves your shower smelling pleasant. (SDM contains no harsh fumes, so you do not cough or gag. BONUS!!) Use on shower door and all washable bathroom surfaces of glass, acrylic, porcelain, ceramic, stainless steel, copper, brass and more!

Everything that little paragraph says it true! Except maybe for the fresh grapefruit scent. It smells clean, but I don’t know if it is a pleasant clean smell. But it doesn’t matter!! It works!

All I need to do is squirt it on my door in an “S” motion, use a paper towel to wipe all over the door, let it sit for about a minute and wash off! That’s it!!! Magic!! Easy!!

This is not my shower door, but it might as well be! And yes, the soap scum comes off the door that easy.

So if you have any hard water stains or soap scum, then you need to get some Shower Door Magic! You won’t be disappointed!

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I am sharing this with no political agenda. Just a cool observation we made about presidents.

The boys and I were talking politics the other night and I realized, that both boys, especially Jack, has only know a black president and may now know a female president. How cool is that?

What really is awesome, is that a white president, a black president and a female president is normal for my boys. I like that.

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As you may have noticed, I have taken an unexpected vacation from blogging! Do you want to guess why?

1. Watching the Olympics around the clock. They have inspired me to swim the butterfly in the pool, run a personal best on the treadmill and practice my dismount from the diving board. Or just watch the boys do all that from a comfy seat.
   

   2. Napping. A must to rejuvenate my muscles after my dreaming of Olympic practices and greatness.
   

   3. Crafting. I think I have run 26.2 miles of adhesive on the back of my photos! You should see how fast I can apply that adhesive and at times, I have found myself with my hands in the air, doing a little celebration!
   
   “THAT was a lot of adhesive!”
   
   4. Reading. I’ve been marathon reading with three books under my belt in three weeks!
   

   5.Cooking creatively. I have decided to go beyond my comfort zone of the basic three ingredients and try 5…or 6. (OK, I can’t even keep a straight face with this one!)

   Will back from my mini-vacation on Monday!

Happy National Lazy Day!!

How do I know this? It was actually pre-printed in my planner!

Today I have all sorts of Lazy things planned for me and the boys! First we are going to eventually get up and then we are going to do nothing, but lay around, watch movies, nap, read and lay by the pool. Which as Jack says is actually doing something!

Good Morning.

Monday mornings do this to me, and sometimes, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Occasionally Thursday and every so often a Friday.

Have a good one!

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A gal came into work the other day and said, “The duck traffic in this town is terrible!” And we all knew exactly what she meant! There are geese everywhere in town and will cross the street in front of you at any given minute! I have been stopped many of times by duck traffic and no matter what you do (honk, drive slowly through them-as I have seen others attempt) they will NOT hurry their walk!

I was taking Sam to an appointment and we ran into this duck family! It makes me laugh because they did not walk over the grass median.

They choose to walk all the way around the median to get to the other side. They were enjoying their family walk together.
How fun is it that the parents are at the beginning and at the end of the crowd!

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Have a fun weekend!